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MPE/iX Shell and Utilities
The POSIX 1003.2 standard is implemented on MPE/iX as the MPE/iX Shell
and Utilities (commonly referred to as the MPE/iX shell or the shell).
The MPE/iX shell is a user workspace that provides a set of commands and
utilities in a UNIX(R)-like environment on MPE/iX. The MPE/iX shell is
provided with the MPE/iX operating system. Refer to the MPE/iX Shell and
Utilities Reference Manual (36431-90001) for complete information about
all of the shell commands provided by the MPE/iX shell.
The MPE/iX shell is provided in addition to the MPE/iX command
interpreter, not as a replacement for it. You have the option of using
either the shell or the MPE command interpreter (or both) to do your
work. You can invoke the shell from the CI by typing SH (the
system-provided UDCs must be activated) or by executing SH.HPBIN.SYS -L.
The UDC puts you into your login group and runs the shell. You can use
shell commands at this point. Type exit to exit the shell and return to
the CI.
Table 2-8 lists some tasks and associated MPE/iX shell commands that may
be of interest to you. MPE commands, utilities, or features that are
comparable to the shell commands are also listed. Not all of the shell
commands operate in the same way as the MPE command or feature; some are
rough equivalents.
Table 2-8. Selected MPE/iX Shell Commands
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| Task | Shell Command | Comparable MPE/iX Feature |
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| Shorten command names using an alias | alias, scripts | command files or UDCs |
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| Change working area | cd | CHDIR |
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| Copy files | cp | COPY, FCOPY |
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| Display all or part of text files | cat, more, | PRINT |
| | tail | |
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| Determine disk usage | du | DISKUSE |
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| Search for text patterns in a file | grep, egrep, | Search commands in text |
| | fgrep | editors |
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| Terminate a process or job that's running | kill | ABORTJOB, ABORT |
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| Rename files | mv | RENAME |
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| Display current working directory | pwd | SHOWVAR HPCWD |
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| Delete files | rm | PURGE |
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| Delete directories | rmdir | PURGEDIR |
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| Sort information | sort | Sort/Merge utility |
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| Edit text or program files | vi, ed, ex | EDIT/3000 |
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| Display a list of who's logged on the | who | SHOWJOB, SHOWPROC |
| system | | |
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